Konrad von Megenberg#

Konrad von Megenberg, b. Maebenberg (Germany), 1309, d. Regensburg (Germany), April 14, 1374, priest and scholar with varied interests; taught at the University of Paris (master 1334-1342) and was headmaster of the Buergerschule zu St. Stephan in Vienna (in his function as Rector was in charge of all Viennese schools). Translated the "Sphaera mundi" by Johannes von Sacrobosco into German to make it accessible to the lay public and wrote the first systematic manual about nature in German (Buch der Natur, 1348-1350). 1348-1374 worked in Regensburg.

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